Before the signal
The sequence follows a decline; body-size averages use only the ten candles closed before each tested candle.
Morning Star Candlestick Pattern
Study the three-candle morning star used by TLAP, including the no-mandatory-gap rule, and explore the available historical results.
01 · Learn
What it looks like
Morning star without a required gap
The published study uses the version with an optional gap. The teaching switch leaves the sample unchanged.
After a decline, a long bearish candle is followed by a small pause candle and then a bullish close above the midpoint of the first body. A gap is optional in the TLAP version.
The third bullish candle must close above the midpoint of the first body.
Exact machine rule
A large bearish candle is followed by a small middle body and then a bullish candle that closes above the midpoint of the first body. This TLAP definition does not require a gap.
The sequence follows a decline; body-size averages use only the ten candles closed before each tested candle.
Exact definition rules
Version 2.2.0: The first bearish body exceeds the average of the ten preceding bodies. The second body is no larger than half the first body or its own ten-body average. Its top is at or below the first body’s midpoint. The third bullish body exceeds its own ten-body average and closes above the first body’s midpoint. The diagram shortens the context; the detector uses the full windows. The researched TLAP adaptation does not require a gap.
Optional practice
Check your recognition
Select the chart where the formation is already complete.
Try it
A dotted candle is still forming; a solid candle is closed. Only one chart contains a completed signal.
The exercise checks recognition. Historical outcomes are calculated separately and do not promise a price move.Three features of Morning star without a required gap
Signal and boundary
A large bearish candle is followed by a small middle body and then a bullish candle that closes above the midpoint of the first body. This TLAP definition does not require a gap.
Completion
The third bullish candle must close above the midpoint of the first body.
Similar formations and limits of one example
A gap is optional in this version; the three closed bodies and the midpoint test are decisive. The shape identifies an event to research. It does not predict the next move or provide a trading signal by itself.
One formation does not establish the probability of a move. The historical comparison measures outcomes against a comparable background for each configuration.
Exact machine rule and definition version
A large bearish candle is followed by a small middle body and then a bullish candle that closes above the midpoint of the first body. This TLAP definition does not require a gap.
Required context: The sequence follows a decline; body-size averages use only the ten candles closed before each tested candle.
Completion: The third bullish candle must close above the midpoint of the first body.
Definition version 2.2.0 · adapted: gap optional.
Published research at a glance
Stored publication UTC · pattern-data-v21 · methodology research-v21-session-calendar-signed-bh-plan-v1.
Latest stored candle date in the curated family table: Nov 9, 2026 UTC.
The curated family table covers 157 core and 119 additional extended configurations. These are configuration counts; the own-result registry is separate. The study compares movement after a completed signal with a matched background at the same horizon.
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Further reading
These related TLAP materials for “Morning star without a required gap” are in Russian. Their examples do not replace the historical calculation above.